[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27731]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WHY, MR. PRESIDENT?

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Madam Speaker, I rise to protest 
the misguided decision by President Obama and his Attorney General to 
bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four terrorist suspects from 
Guantanamo Bay to New York City.
  What an insult to the memory of those who lost their lives. The very 
man who masterminded that attack now will get his fondest wish. When he 
was captured on the battlefield, he said, Let me go to New York, and 
let me have my attorney. He will have his attorney. He will be in New 
York, just a stone's throw from the site of death by he and his 
compatriots.
  What reason could we possibly have to bring them to the United 
States? Why, Mr. President, why, when we have Guantanamo, when we have 
military tribunals that are not only capable but specifically provided 
to take care of those who would kill Americans on the battlefield? For 
what reason are we doing this?
  Why, Mr. President? Why, Mr. President? Why?

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